CANOEING at 1960 OLYMPIC GAMES Siarhei SHABLYKA 2011
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CANOEING AT OLYMPIC GAMES 1924 1936 – 2008 1 C A N O E I N G AT THE 1960 SUMMER OLYMPICS The 1960 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad were held August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was forced to decline and pass the honors to London. On June 15, 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome beat out Lausanne, Detroit, Budapest (being the first city of the Eastern Bloc to bid for the hosting of the Olympics), Brussels, Mexico City and Tokyo for the rights to the Games. There were: 83 NOC’s; 5 338 athletes (611 women and 4727 men); 150 events in 17 sports. LOGO POSTER It is made up of the Olympic rings This was the re sult of a competition in above a Roman she-wolf, from which Remus which some 212 artists participated. It is and Romulus are suckling. They are the twin made up of a Roman she-wolf, from which brothers who, according to legend, founded Remus and Romulus, founders of the city of the city of Rome. Between them, is the date, Rome, are suckling, on top of a column. On 1960, written in roman numerals. this, there is a victorious athlete being crowned in accordance with Roman custom; around him, people dressed in togas cheering him. Some 290,000 copies in 11 languages were produced. MEDAL On the obverse, the traditional goddess of victory, holding a palm in her left hand and a winner’s crown in her right. A design used since the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, created by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli (ITA, 1865-1942) and chosen after a competition organised by the International Olympic Committee in 1921. For these Games, the picture of victory is accompanied by the specific inscription: "GIOCCHI DELLA XVII OLIMPIADE ROMA MCMLX". Something new: the medals in Rome were set in a circle of bronze featuring a laurel wreath matched with a chain also designed like a sequence of bronze laurel leaves. On the reverse, an Olympic champion carried in triumph by the crowd, with the Olympic stadium in the background. 2 N.B: From 1928 to 1968, the medals for the Summer Games were identical. The Organising Committee for the Games in Munich in 1972 broke new ground by having a different reverse which was designed by a Bauhaus representative, Gerhard Marcks. CANOEING At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested from 26th to 29th August at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10,000 m events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 m and 1,000 m distances. Second, the women's K-2 500 m event was added to the program, as was a men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay event (though for these Games). Third, event timing in 1/100ths of a second at these Games. Fourth, a repechage system was introduced that was used to the 1996 Games in Atlanta at Lake Lanier. INTERNATIONAL CANOE FEDERATION FEDER AZIONE ITALIANA CANOTTAGGIO President: President: Dr. Karel POPEL (Czechoslovakia ) Alfredo BOCCALATTE Secretary -Treasurer: Secretary -General: Olov VERNER (Sweden ) Luigi GRAPPELLI REGATTA DIRECTORATE SPORTS COMMITTEE President: President: C. DE COQUERAUMONT (F rance ) Alfredo BOCCALATTE Secretary -General: Technical Delegate: Olov VERNER (S weden ) Giorgio PICCINELLI Regatta Organizer: Members: Sergio ORSI (I taly ) Sergio ORSI Mario PECCIA Secretariat: Vittorio PIRLO Giuseppe COLOMBO (I taly ) Massimo GIOVANNETTI Bernardo HELLRIGL JURY President: Otto VORBERG (G ermany ) H. JESPERSEN (D enmark ) Finishing Line Judges: J. DUDDERIDGE (G reat Britain ) President: Otto BONN (Hungary ) L. GRAPPELLI (I taly ) J. HOLEMANS (B elgium ) R. BONGHI (I taly ) R. VAUTRIN (F rance ) G. KRASNOPEVTZEV (U SS R) G. MAGGIO (I taly ) V. LUKATIN (U SS R) G. UHLMANN (I taly ) Course Judges: Start Judges: V. VACEK (C zechoslovakia ) G. BORELLI (I taly ) W. BOHLE (G ermany ) V. FORTE (I taly ) D. CAPOZZARI (I taly ) M. MORETTI (I taly ) F. SESSA ATTARD (I taly ) H. BERGLUND (S weden ) 3 Third semi-final of the K1 1,000 m: victory of the Englishman R.Rhodes. MEN’S EVENTS K1 – 1,000 m Previous Olympic Winners: 1936 G.H.HRADETZKY Austria 4:22.09 1948 G.FREDRIKSSON Sweden 4:33.02 1952 G.FREDRIKSSON Sweden 4:07.09 1956 G.FREDRIKSSON Sweden 4:12.08 There were 24 entries from 24 nations and 22 participants from 22 nations HEATS – Friday, 26th August – 09:20 hrs The first three in each heat qualified for the semi-finals, the others took part in the repechages HEAT 1 Place Country Name Time 1 Denmark E. HANSEN 3:57 .04 2 Great Britain R. RHODES 4:01 .68 3 Germany W. LANGE 4:05 .08 4 Norway R. Olsen 4:08 .38 5 Belgium R. De Waele 4:08 .60 6 Switzerland R. Huber 4:26 .26 7 France M. Meyer 4:40 .72 Bulgaria L. Oresharov not present HEAT 2 Place Country Name Time 1 Hungary I. SZÖLLÖSI 4:04 .23 2 Australia P. COLES 4:06 .27 3 Italy C. ZILIOLI 4:06 .58 4 Yugoslavia A. Kercov 4:07 .08 5 Finland S. Kuismanen 4:09 .78 6 Spain J.Larroya Solano 4:12 .93 7 USA P. Beachem 4:18 .64 Romania I. Lipalit not present 4 HEAT 3 Place Country Name Time 1 USS R I. KHASANOV 4:06 .14 2 Netherlands G. WEIJZEN 4:06 .77 3 Sweden G. FREDRIKSSON 4:07 .35 4 Czechoslovakia L. Cepciansky 4:07 .83 5 Poland R. Skwarski 4:12 .70 6 Austria H. Wiedermann 4:15 .71 7 Canada M. Brown 4:27 .28 8 Luxemburg A. Conrardy 4:27 .38 REPECHAGES – Friday, 26th August – 15:20 hrs The first three in each repechage qualified for the semi-finals REPECHAGE 1 Place Country Name Time 1 Finland S. KUISMANEN 4: 11 .50 2 Austria H. WIEDERMANN 4:13 .73 3 Norway R. OLSEN 4:13 .87 4 France M. Meyer 4:24 .93 REPECHAGE 2 Place Country Name Time 1 Poland R. SKWARSKI 4:06 .99 2 Yugoslavia A. KERCOV 4:07 .33 3 USA P. BEACHEM 4:18 .17 4 Switzerland R. Huber 4:24 .16 5 Luxemburg A. Conrardy 4:28 .40 REPECHAGE 3 Place Country Name Time 1 Czechoslovakia L. CEPCIANSKY 4:11 .39 2 Spain J. LARROYA SOLANO 4:13 .82 3 Belgium R.DE WAELE 4:16 .61 4 Canada M. Brown 4:55 .73 SEMI-FINALS – Saturday, 27th August – 09:30 hrs The first three in each semi-final qualified for the final SEMI-FINAL 1 Place Country Name Time 1 Denmark E. HANSEN 3:57 .31 2 Sweden G. FREDRIKSSON 4:03 .32 3 Finland S.KUISMANEN 4:03 .42 4 Australia P. Coles 4:08 .05 5 Yugoslavia A. Kercov 4:10 .27 6 Belgium R. De Waele 4:12 .48 SEMI-FINAL 2 Place Country Name Time 1 Hungary I. SZÖLLÖSI 3:57 .71 2 Germany W. LANGE 4:02 .88 3 Norway R. OLSEN 4:04 .82 4 Netherlands G. Weijzen 4:07 .30 5 Poland R. Skwarski 4:09 .26 6 Spain J. Larroya Solano 4:20 .39 5 SEMI-FINAL 3 Place Country Name Time 1 Great Britain R. RHODES 4:05 .20 2 USS R I. KHASANOV 4:05 .87 3 Italy C. ZILIOLI 4:06 .36 4 Czechoslovakia L. Cepciansky 4:07 .75 5 USA P. Beachem 4:15 .10 6 Austria H. Wiedermann 4:17 .45 FINAL – Monday, 29th August – 15:20 hrs Place Country Name Time 1 Denmark E. HANSEN 3: 53 .00 2 Hungary I. SZÖLLÖSI 3:54 .02 3 Sweden G. FREDRIKSSON 3:55 .89 4 USS R I. Khasanov 3:56 .38 5 Great Britain R. Rhodes 4:01 .15 6 Norway R. Olsen 4:02 .31 7 Germany W. Lange 4:03 .05 8 Finland S. Kuismanen 4:03 .66 9 Italy C. Zilioli 4:04 .90 The winners of the K1 1,000 m shake hands, full of joy, after the presentation ceremony. From the left: the Hungarian I.Szöllösi, silver medalist; the Dane H.Hansen, gold medalist and the Swede G.Fredriksson, bronze medalist. 6 K2 – 1,000 m Previous Olympic Winners: 1936 A.KAINZ and A.DORFNER Austria 4:03.08 1948 H.BERGLUND and L.KLINGSTROM Sweden 4:07.03 1952 K.WIRES and Y.HIETANEN Finland 3:51.01 1956 M.SCHEUER and M.MILTENBERGER Germany 3:49.06 There were 23 entries from 23 nations and 23 participants from 23 nations HEATS – Friday, 26th August – 10:10 hrs The first three in each heat qualified for the semi-finals, the others took part in the repechages HEAT 1 Place Country Name Time 1 NETHERLANDS R.Knuppe and A. Geurts 3: 43 .98 2 CZECHOSLOVAKIA F.Riha and F. Vrsovsky 3:45 .49 3 ITALY L.Cantarello and A. Rucco 3:45 .80 4 Belgium H.Verbrugghe and G.Van der Moere 3:46 .42 5 Australia A.Green Dennis and B. Stuart 3:46 .71 6 Romania N.Nicoara and M. Ivanov 3:49 .00 7 Great Britain J.Harris and B. Pratt 3:58 .25 HEAT 2 Place Country Name Time 1 GERMANY D.Krause and W.Lange 3:37 .87 2 HUNGARY A.Szente and G.Meszaros 3:38 .28 3 POLAND S.Kaplaniak and W.Zielinski 3:39 .41 4 USS R N.Rudzinkas and I.Golovachev 3:39 .98 5 Yugoslavia S.Radmanovic and R.Bozin 3:47 .85 6 USA K.Wilson and J.Wolters 3:49 .96 7 Canada A.Mc Cleery and L.Lukanovic N/A 8 Norway A.Ervig and R.Olsen 3:52 .63 HEAT 3 Place Country Name Time 1 DENMARK K.Schmidt and V.Schmidt 3:45 .04 2 SPAIN J.Feliz Bulnes and J.